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Why I Believe

I am looking for reasons you believe in God.  

What I am not looking for: because I do, that is the way I was raised, etc.
Explain to me why you believe.  Make me believe.  

Rules:

*Good grammar a must.  Use spell-check and grammar-check, if you have it.  

*Positive thoughts.  This is not a place to complain about why you do not believe.

*No stupid chat or web lingo.  

*NoNe Of ThIs.

*One entry per person.  

*I do not mind giving a warning for infraction of the rules, but I will disqualify anyone after that.  

*Do not write anything stupid in your comments, nor are your required to read anything else, although reading and acknowledging other entrants is good sportsmanship.  I will not be checking.



This is a plain and simple contest.  One topic.  That is what I want to see.  Anything else should be entered in a different contest.

This contest is about God!  Not your personal god, or the fact you believe you are a god, or any of the rather esoteric manifestations man chooses to reflect God.  It is about God, the real one, the historic one, the one everybody is so anxious to deny.  I want to know why do you do not deny Him.




Final notes:
I closed this early due to the number of entries.  I was overwhelmed by the response.  Usually I get about five or ten entries, so thank you for that.  On Thursday, I awarded points for entering the contest.  If your entry was still here, you got points.  If not...well, you pulled it and it is too much trouble to track you down.  Thank you all for your entries.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on January 25, 2006
  • Rewards: Gold: 300
  • Final notes:
    Well, I had to read through a lot of entries. I will admit that most of them did not even come close to answering the question: Why I Believe". Some were hard to even figure out what they do believe. I think that believing in God means that you must defend your beliefs. You must be able to tell the person that questions why you believe. If you cannot defend God, how do you expect Jesus to defend you before His Father and argue a defence against your sins? A good deal of what I read here was uplifting and nice, but you did little to defend God. In the war with Satan, what do you choose as weapons?

    I ignored no poems because of form or grammar. Some were very hard to read because of errors. So, this time, my judging was solely based on content.

    Gold- I Cannot Make The Robin Sing by Mr Doug.
    Silver- Evidence of God by Lora
    Bronze- The Ear To Hear by masterblaster

    HM go to
    My One True Inspiration by loventutu
    I Pray To God by ChiorAngel

Entries [6]

1 - 6 of 6
  • Jubilee
    Dear God
    I know you're there
    by Methusala 28 lines, 14 comments, on Aug 11 2:01 PM 2005. In Spiritual
    • Commented on by judge.
  • No Longer Lost
    A poem that tells a story of hope. Read and tell me what you think! ^_^
    by Graveyard Princess 43 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 12 11:58 PM 2005. In Spiritual, Hope
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Letter To God
    Dear god,
    I do not know if you exist, but today I shall speak the truth, for I have faith. For years, I have debated on the topic of your existence. Finally, I
    by Raazi 73 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 27 3:32 AM 2005. In Other
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Believe
    Having faith means believing
    without seeing that which is true.
    by bookworm987 25 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 21 2:09 PM 2006. In Personal
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Faith
    In the eyes of an animal'
    In the smell of a babies' head.
    by lonely and free 15 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 21 4:23 PM 2006. In Hope
    • Commented on by judge.
  • Evidence Of God
    Surrounding me is evidence of God.
    The universe so finely tuned in mode,
    by Lora 27 lines, 21 comments, on Jan 25 12:18 AM 2006. In Spiritual, Hope
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge.

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Comments


  • Faded Existence
    January 21, 2006
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    this is a wonderful WONDERFUL Idea for a contest.. I admire it... I couldn't write anything fresh so I entered a pre-write.. I don't know if it's up to your standards but it's the reason why I believe... well not even half of the reason... but it's the reason I... well nevermind!
    God bless,
    ~Amber~

    ~good luck judging the contest~


  • Methusala
    January 22, 2006
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    As someone once told me, we are fortunate enough to be raised in a christian enviroment. We are fortunate enough to live in an enviroment that is the true religion. I wrote an essay on this, which I don't think will apply, but if it does tell me, ill enter it. Its called "My Perceptions on Christianity". I also wrote a poem called "Jubilee" about God. My reasons for believing in God are that he could not have blessed me if He didn't exist. ~James


  • masterblaster gold member
    January 25, 2006
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    Hi thank you for the bronze, congratulations to the other winner, hugs Di


  • Elrenia
    January 25, 2006
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    riskybusiness:

    I really do not think your comment has any bearing here. You may post it elsewhere.
    Edited on Feb 18, 7:36 because ''.